Howard Kurtz: if Trump is going to get a tax cut and an infrastructure bill, he’s going to need every Republican vote he can get. In the end, you can only pass bills on the floor, not on Twitter.
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Poor Hillary, Intimidated in the Debates by Big, Bad Trump
Liz Peek: If Hillary is so easily intimidated by powerful men, she really does not belong in the Oval Office.
ESPN Yanks Robert Lee and Becomes a Metaphor for Everything Wrong in Media
ESPN President John Skipper has single-handedly wrecked what was once an icon of the sports world. Skipper spent eight years working for left-wing Rolling Stone before shifting and moving over to its competitor Spin magazine.
Trump’s New Afghan Strategy Changes the National Conversation. Could It Lead to Success?
Douglas Schoen: On Monday night, however, the president successfully changed the national conversation to foreign policy and military strategy.
Journalists’ Moral Outrage Over Trump’s Remarks Need “Some Degree of Balance”
Howard Kurtz: When you look at the coverage on some cable news networks, it’s hour after hour of moral outrage with very few dissenting voices. Even on this hypersensitive subject, there is a need in journalism for some degree of balance.
Trump’s Style and Tone Is Hurting His Agenda
Stuart Varney: Let’s be clear: we knew what we were getting. The Trump campaign style left no doubts. But that style and tone are now hurting the agenda we voted for.
If We Want to Erase the Past, We Must Prepare for the Consequences
Tucker Carlson: Forty one of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence held slaves.
Charlottesville Lesson: Our Civil Rights Movement Is Stronger Than an Impotent Trump
Jehmu Greene: With the despicable display of hate and bigotry and the tragic loss of life in Charlottesville this past weekend, President Trump had a tailor-made opportunity to do his job: comfort a confused and frightened nation. He failed.
White Christian Conservatives Should Oppose Protests by White Supremacists
Bruce Riley Ashford: White conservatives – especially white Christian conservatives – should speak out openly against white nationalism and white supremacy. This is racism pure and simple, and it represents a frontal assault on the Christian gospel, a denial of human dignity and a subversion of our democracy.
Is Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Motto Still Relevant?
Google became famous as an information company with its motto: “Don’t Be Evil.” Well, in the wake of its firing of a 28-year-old employee for expressing dissatisfaction with Google’s stifling ideological conformity, some critics are saying the company is now for soft authoritarianism.
Ethics Hipsters Are the New Puritans
What we’re seeing is the rise of the ethics hipster…a tool who pretends to salute the idea of free expression, but will happily try to censor you if your expression runs counter to their rigid, narrow and wholly predictable assumptions about life.
Time for Affirmative Action to Be Based on Income, Not Race
Lloyd Green: End race-based college admissions and legacy preferences now. Instead, give a leg up to students aiming to climb life’s ladder. Race and ethnicity should not be treated as proxies for disadvantage.
Stuart Varney: I’m an Immigrant and I Support Trump’s Immigration Plan
This proposal is a good starting point. Choose who you want to let in. Give a break to our own people, and return to the melting pot, otherwise known as the great American middle class.
A Special Counsel Must Investigate Clinton, Comey, Lynch and Others
Gregg Jarrett: There was a time, not so long ago, when candidate Donald Trump vowed, if elected, to have his attorney general appoint a special counsel to reopen the Hillary Clinton investigation and, if warranted, bring criminal charges against her.
The Incredible Truth About How Far Legacy Media Will Go to Manipulate and Mislead Americans
Tammy Bruce: The left understands that he who controls definition controls the issues, and with political correctness they continue to weaponize language and communication.
Hiring Scaramucci Was One of Trump’s Worst Decisions
Liz Peek: Hiring Anthony Scaramucci was one of the worst decisions President Trump has made in his six months in office. Appointing John Kelly to be his chief of staff may be his best.
Trump’s Troubles With Kelly as Chief of Staff Might Even Get Worse
One of the most serious issues that comes from the hiring of Kelly is that the president will now need to appoint a new secretary of Homeland Security to head that important department as soon as possible.
Hillary Wants to Tell You “What Happened” Which Won’t Actually Tell You What Happened
Stephen L. Miller: Hillary also won’t tell you (in her new book) that her campaign strategy was, in many ways, just plain dumb. And she won’t tell you that Donald Trump simply outworked her by campaigning at a ratio of almost 2 to 1 in battleground states.
If Sessions Leaves, a New DOJ Sheriff Could Rein in or Ax Mueller
Clearly, Sessions was considering disqualifying himself well before he took the oath of office…On this basis alone, President Trump would be justified in firing him.
Drag Queen Storytime for Kids at the Library–What in the Name of Cap’t Kangaroo Is Going On?
Todd Starnes: Welcome to the 21st century, America — where childhood traditions have been upended to appease the sex and gender revolutionaries.
Jared Kushner’s Meetings Were Both Legal and Beneficial
What Jared Kushner did is neither improper nor different than what other incoming presidential administrations have done. It certainly does notconstitute a crime.
Pence: Trump’s Triumphs Are Many and He’s Just Getting Started
Vice President Mike Pence (op-ed): In the first six months of this administration, President Donald Trump has fought every day to deliver on his promises to the American people. At a historic pace, this president has taken bold action to restore prosperity, keep Americans safe and secure, and hold government accountable.
Trump Has Already Made America $4 Trillion Richer
Stuart Varney: since his election win, the Trump rally has added $4.1 trillion to the nation’s wealth. Anyone with a 401k, an IRA, college savings, retirement savings, mutual funds. Anyone with a dime in the market has taken a piece of that $4 trillion.
Hillary Sided with Russian on Sanctions as Bill Made $500K on Moscow Speech
The Russian lawyer who landed a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during last year’s presidential campaign with the promise of dirt on Hillary Clinton had one big thing in common with the Democratic candidate: Both had opposed Russia sanctions targeting human-rights abusers. Further, former Secretary of State Clinton’s initial opposition coincided with a $500,000 speech her husband gave in Moscow.